A group of figure skaters who train at Irvine’s Great Park Ice will head to the ISU 2026 World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic from March 24-29. They represent three disciplines and three countries: Andrew Torgashev (USA) and Georgii Reshtenko (Czech Republic) in men’s singles, Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman (USA) in pairs, and Sofia Samodelkina (Kazakhstan) in women’s singles.
Great Park Ice has assembled a slate of elite coaches supporting these world-class athletes. Torgashev and Samodelkina train with renowned coach Rafael Arutyunyan. Reshtenko works with both Arutyunyan and Michal Březina, a four-time Olympian for the Czech Republic. McBeath and Parkman train with coaches Jenni Meno and Brandon Frazier.
During an unseasonably hot day for March, The Vine sat down with the five skaters at Great Park Ice to discuss their preparation for Worlds and the training group they’ve built along the way…